To prohibit individuals who knowingly engage in certain violations relating to the handling of classified information from holding a security clearance.

SA 2478. Mr. LAUTENBERG proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 286, strike lines 1 through 3, and insert the following:

SEC. 1072. IMPROVEMENTS OF INTERNAL SECURITY ACT OF 1950.

(a) Prohibition on Holding of Security Clearance After Certain Violations on Handling of Classified Information.--

(1) Prohibition.--Section 4 of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(f) No person who knowingly violates a law or regulation regarding the handling of classified information in a manner that could have a significant adverse impact on the national security of the United States, including the knowing disclosure of the identity of a covert agent of the Central Intelligence Agency to a person not authorized to receive such information, shall be permitted to hold a security clearance for access to classified information.”.

(2) Applicability.--Subsection (f) of section 4 of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply to any individual holding a security clearance on or after the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to any knowing violation of law or regulation described in such subsection, regardless of whether such violation occurs before, on, or after that date.

(b) Clarification of Authority To Issue Security Regulations and Orders.--